St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-08
nl,DONALD AND FAHEx.
A fter q TIA me Fight of Ten Round
Which Mcdonald Won. the Re


Which Mcdonald Won. the Ref
cree Declares the Match a Draw.
About 500 men witnessed the pugilistic
exhibition given in Exposition hall, st.
Paul, last night, at which the event Of
the evening was a ten-round set-to
between Duncan Mcdonald and Mart
Fahey, heavy weights, for the gate
receipts, the winner to take 60 per
cent. The event had been well advertised
and it was anticipated that it would be
of such nature, as to help build
up the interest in such sports, which has
been rather on the wane in this city since
the hollow mockery participated in by Pat
Killen and Bill Bradburn some months ago. |
Whether this proved to be the case is to
say the least doubtful. A good-sized dele
cation from Minneapolis was present, some
of whom had bet money on Fahey, who is
The principals Of the ten-Tound set-to
are not especially well known
in this vicinity. Fahey has had
training under John Donaldson, of Mime
apolis, and has bested Jack Keefe and
Patsey Mellen, of that city, with the
gloves. He is a compactly built man whose
muscles have been made solid by hard
work in the pineres and at railroading.
He strips at not far from ITO pounds. Nc
Donald halls from Butte City, Mont, and
went to the Pacific coast with the John l..
Sullivan combination, and when that
disbanded he remained in st. Paul.
strips at 1877 pounds. His build is rather
slight and he has a long reach. He is tall
and has head not shaped like the pictures
of prize fighters heads.
1t was about 9:45 when the two men
came to the ring last night. The audience
had already witnessed several friendly set
tos which helped to make up the evenings
entertainment. Jerry Donovan, Of
Minneapolis, was master of ceremon-
les. The Maguhn Brothers spared
three rounds. Charles Hadley and
the Black Pearl, of Minneapolis, three
more, and Billy Wilson and Black Frank
the same number. Jerry Murphy, of Min
neapolis. and Prof. Clarke, of ST. Paul,
then came on thes stage for friendly set-to.
1t was the liveliest event of the evening, in
which Murphy mad things all his own way
and thumped Clarke all around the ring,
THE PRINCIPAL EVENT.
When Mcdonald and Fahey came upon
the stage there was applause. Mcdonald
wore desh-colored tights and Fahey pair
that were dark blue. Jerry Donovan, Of
Minneapolis, was agreed upon as referee.
La Blanche and Dan Manning acted as sec
onds for Mcdonald. and Jerry Murphy and
John Donaldson were behind Fahey.
Billy Hawkins and Billy Haley
held the watches. For three rounds
the set to promised to be one of the liveliest
that has been seen in st. Paul. Fahey.
who is much shorter than Mcdonald, began
rushing for all he was worth and landed
two or three times on McDonald'S neck and
head, not, however, without some pretty
lair returns. Two or three times in the
first round they clinched. Mcdonald was
the cooler of the two, while Fahey seemed
most anxious for blood There had been
three minutes of lively scrapping at
the end of the first round and
the audience cheered when time was called.
In this round Fahey rather had the best of
it. But for all the rest of the rounds,
either Mcdonald had it by long odds or
honors were easy. In the second round the
Butte City man was more aggressive and he
rushed his opponent fercely three or four
times, catching him squarely with his left,
with which he has a terribly long reach.
He caught Fahey squarely in the face with
one of these blows and drew first blood,
sending Fahey well up onto the ropes. Both
men got several body blows. and Fahey was
game in spite of the punishment he got.
The second round was all McDonald's. The
third round was not eventful, there being
UuG OuC Cl6du plOW, WHICH mcDO0dlQ gave.
In the fourth round there was more good
fighting. Both men had gotten good wind
in the preceding round, and went at it for
everything in sight Fahey's face got
bloody from the blow in the
second round and two or three
taps from McDonald's long-reaching left.
III this round Fahey began rushing as he
had done in the first, and once he landed
rather heavily on his opponents neck. Nc.
Donald had the best of the round. There
was no fighting to speak of after this. Both
men spared cautiously, until the audience
broke out into cries of fight Fight"
There were few clean blows struck after
the fourth round. though there were occa-
sional exchanges. and lodges and clnches.
In the last round Mcdonald gave Fahey
pretty solid blow In the forehead, and the
latter caught his opponent twice on the
ribs When time was called at the end of
the tenth round every one felt that they had
seen very tame fight.
The referee at once announced that the
| fight was draw, though the spectators
to man have given it to Mcdonald. There
was no time taken to kick, but the audi
ence felt generally tired as they came from
the hall.